“...silence from one party always resulted in information from another.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“In his time since Sarnak, Froi had come to learn as much about the power of silence as the power of words.” — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Then he holds her and for a moment I hear total silence; that totally silent part of a cry that announces that… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
The depression belongs to all of us. I think of the family down the road whose mother was having a baby and… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Play me something that makes me feel; This soul inside me is made of steel. Brain is breathing, but heart’s not beating… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Do you miss being friends with Santangelo?" I ask her after the lights are out and we're almost asleep. "What makes you… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Silence is not just about secrecy, Your Majesty. It is grief and it is shame. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Some of us weren't born for rewards, Froi. We were born for sacrifices. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I'm very disturbed to find out that the leader of the Townies has a soul and I'm beginning to develop a bit of a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
In the games of queens and kings, we leave our dreams at the door and we make do with what we have. Sometimes if… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
And then you came along and you spoke to me and nobody had looked me in the eye for years. (...) But I remember… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Do you want to know something about tyrants? When faced with death, they weep and they beg just like the rest of us. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“you do that all the time you know. you ask me questions when you know the answer will piss you off. ask me a… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
I need voices of reason and of hysteria and of empathy. I need to have an Alanis moment. I need advice from Elizabeth Bennett.… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“When I saw "Ulysses" on Georgie's bedside table and Tom Finch's name written on it in a scrawl so like my old man's, I… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
“Our bodies aren't strangers,' he said, his voice ragged. 'Our spirits aren't strangers'. He held her face in his hands. 'Tell me what part… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Phaedra of Alonso’s death was a never-ending pain that gnawed at his insides. It made him a prisoner in his own cottage. — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
You know what? You didn't do anything wrong. I did. It's this dumb thing I do. I look into things and see more than… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
Everything's going to be fine. She'll be back at work soon. Let's just keep the house clean." Oh yeah, I want to say, because… — Melina Marchetta Copy Share Image
